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Originally Posted by thevillages2013
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Pretty obvious that with all your experience “Building “ that you have never been hands on doing any of it. Also , that specific Villages house plan is wood frame only
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You're exactly right. Someone has to be there, to tell the "hands on guys" how to do it properly, which is why we have Architects, Structural Engineers and Building Inspectors.
In this case, everyone seems to be forgetting that changing a window to a door, triggers Level 2 Compliance with the IBC (which FL Building Code is derived from (2015 IBC). You can't just go changing doors to windows, willy, nilly ... at least not if you want the home to be Code compliant. Of course, most of the handyman types around The Villages don't have a clue and don't worry about what happens when someone goes to sell a home and they find out that Mr. Handyman didn't do a job right.
So unless for some ridiculous reason, FL decided not to adopt the relevant section of the IBC, replacing a window with a door, isn't a job for a handyman.
Fortunately the OP knows that, which is why he titled this thread, "
Looking for an Architect ... ".